Explore Accosting through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Accosting meaning
present participle and gerund of accost
Using Accosting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of accost
Context around Accosting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Accosting
- In this selection, "accosting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fraudulent, verbally and fired stand out and add context to how "accosting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and fraudulent accosting and be fired accosting his family. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "accosting" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with accosting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the past, Barry has been to state prison six times and racked up charges such as grand larceny, petty larceny, and fraudulent accosting. (24 words)
He recently told protesters who were accosting him in London to ask the king and his son about the humanitarian disaster sparked by the war in Yemen. (27 words)
As Kate struggles to awaken from the anesthesia, we see her teenage self try to persuade her to stay with them, verbally accosting her for her desire to have a child. (31 words)
He detailed how people were calling his seminary asking that he be removed, calling his radio station requesting he be fired, accosting his family in stores, and how he received emails from people cheering the idea that his wife had lung cancer. (42 words)
We are deeply concerned by a man who appeared to try to use his car to ram a pro-Palestine protestor in Victoria, BC yesterday before accosting the latter and going on a racist tirade. (35 words)
As Kate struggles to awaken from the anesthesia, we see her teenage self try to persuade her to stay with them, verbally accosting her for her desire to have a child. (31 words)
Example sentences (5)
We are deeply concerned by a man who appeared to try to use his car to ram a pro-Palestine protestor in Victoria, BC yesterday before accosting the latter and going on a racist tirade.
He recently told protesters who were accosting him in London to ask the king and his son about the humanitarian disaster sparked by the war in Yemen.
In the past, Barry has been to state prison six times and racked up charges such as grand larceny, petty larceny, and fraudulent accosting.
As Kate struggles to awaken from the anesthesia, we see her teenage self try to persuade her to stay with them, verbally accosting her for her desire to have a child.
He detailed how people were calling his seminary asking that he be removed, calling his radio station requesting he be fired, accosting his family in stores, and how he received emails from people cheering the idea that his wife had lung cancer.